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Apprentice Technician

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd • Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom • £21k / year • 3m ago

Apprentice Line Technician

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. is looking to recruit to the Production department an Apprentice Line Technician to contribute to delivering company growth goals. This is a local role reporting to the Senior Manufacturing Engineer.

Company: Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd, 172 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SD.

About Us

We have been designing and manufacturing life-saving products for 50 years, protecting people from toxic and flammable gases.

Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Halma plc. Halma’s (www.halma.com) purpose is growing a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. Halma is a market leader in specialist safety, health, and environmental technologies, a global group of businesses developing solutions that push the boundaries of science and technology. Headquartered in the UK, Halma is one of the top performing businesses in the FTSE 100 index with many years of record revenues and profits. The group has nearly 50 businesses operating through three sectors (Medical, Environmental & Analysis and Safety) in more than 20 countries and major operations in Europe, North and South America and Asia, supplying customers in 160 countries and employing more than 8,500 people worldwide.

Crowcon’s purpose is: Detecting gas. Saving lives.

Crowcon’s values are:

Do the right thing
Collaborate and support each other
Always do your best
Try new things
Be yourself

The team is made up as follows:

Head of Manufacturing
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Engineers
Line Technicians & Apprentice Line Technician

Main Responsibilities:

As part of your apprenticeship, you will learn and develop your skills and knowledge to fulfil the line technician responsibilities as below:

To develop an excellent working knowledge of all Crowcon products.
Provide first line technical support for all product ranges to triage and repair down to component level.
The ability to triage and repair to component level.
Creation of reports relating to product / process issues.
Maintain and commission assembly and test equipment
Identify areas for continuous improvement and contribute to implementation of solutions
Support the implementation of new processes into manufacturing.
Carry out maintenance schedules.
Responsibility of safe working practices in accordance with health and safety policies.

Your skills & experience

GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent
You can work well under pressure, seeking support and advice as needed
Good numeracy and literacy skills.
Ability to understand and articulate information to respective audiences.
Logical and analytical thinker.
You have good attention to detail.
Microsoft suite.

Desirable:

Knowledge of statistics.
Soldering skills.
Gas detection understanding / awareness.
Experience of working in a manufacturing environment

About you

You are a self-motivated, organised and driven individual.
You can communicate effectively to different teams ensure a shared understanding of the problems.
You are conscientious and always strive to do the right thing for yourself, your colleagues and our customers.
You inspire with your passion and values.
You are culturally sensitive.
You are a collaborative team player.
You are straightforward and have no interest in politics.
You are curious and disrupt the status quo.

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Pay: £21,000.00 per year

Benefits: